Roselle Peony

Suddenly, Xu Laoliu's voice disappeared, and everything seemed to be still for a moment.The man's eyes were wide open, and his body fell to the ground with a "bang", splashing a burst of dust, and blood gurgling from the wound on his neck.

Lu Shangqiu retched for a while.Someone put a sheet on his naked body. "Xiaoqiu, I've made you feel wronged. I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Yang Yuanzhen untied him, threw himself on him, and cried while hugging him.Seeing that it was him who came, Lu Shangqiu let go of his hanging heart, and his eyes glowed again.He also thought that he had been toyed with by Xu Lao Liu for a long time, Yang Yuanzhen must have seen such a lecherous appearance, and he was so ashamed that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to hide immediately.

Yang Yuanzhen hugged Lu Shangqiu, who was about to run away, and forced him to look at him.Before he saw him being whipped by Yang Mingxi, but he couldn't rush to save his Xiaoqiu. After finally waiting for Yang Mingxi to leave, the damn Xu Lao Liu actually locked the prison door, which made him waste a lot of effort. Then he smashed the lock with a thin wire from the stable, touched Xu Laoliu's saber at his waist, and cut Xu Laoliu's throat.But just such a short delay in time caused Xiaoqiu to suffer all the insults from that vicious Xu Laoliu.

Yang Yuanzhen looked at Lu Shangqiu's miserable appearance, and recalled what he had just seen, so he blamed himself even more, "Pa, pa." He slapped himself both left and right. "It's all my fault. I shouldn't have taken you to the theater, which caused you to be captured by bandits and bullied in every possible way."

Lu Shangqiu held his hand to prevent him from harming himself. He couldn't control his playful nature, and he left his guard who protected him without authorization and was caught in this den of thieves. He had no hope of surviving.Now seeing Yang Yuanzhen appearing in this cell to rescue him and kill Xu Laoliu who humiliated him, he is naturally very happy, thinking that God is looking after him.

"Brother Yuan, don't do this. I am very grateful that you risked your life to save me."

The two were about to have sex with each other, when Yang Yuanzhen suddenly heard a sound not far away.

"Xiaoqiu, it's not too late. We have to escape here before the thief discovers that Xu Laoliu is dead." He took off his clothes, "Your clothes are torn, you wear my clothes."

"Then what are you wearing?"

Yang Yuanzhen looked around and saw Xu Laoliu lying on the ground.Xu Laoliu's inner garment was soaked in blood. Fortunately, he took off his outer garment for convenience before committing adultery.

Yang Yuanzhen put on his coat, then picked up Xu Lao Liu's hat and put it on.The adult's clothes were a little long for the young man, so Yang Yuanzhen wiped his saber clean and cut off the hem of his clothes, which made it easier for him to walk.

After Lu Shangqiu changed his clothes, Yang Yuanzhen put the bed sheet stolen from the stable on him, and touched a handful of ashes to spread on their faces: "It's cold outside, you put on this to keep out the cold."

The two slipped out of the cell quietly and sneaked into the stable.Yang Yuanzhen picked a strong horse, comforted the horse, took the reins, helped Lu Shangqiu onto the horse's back, jumped on it himself, and hugged him from behind: "Brother Qiu, hold me tight, this journey will not be safe, Don't fall down."

Lu Shangqiu nodded and put his head around his waist. In the howling wind, he no longer felt cold.

The two rode on horseback, and when the bandit subordinates saw that it was Xu Laoliu, they saluted him one after another.Yang Yuanzhen waved his hands to those saluting people seriously.

Nothing happened all the way, and I was about to reach Taniguchi.

"Xu Lao Liu, why are you going? The head of the family asked you to guard Lu Suyuan's son, how dare you leave your post without authorization?" It was Gong Si's voice.

Yang Yuanzhen was in a bad mood, so he pulled up the reins, clamped the horse's belly with his legs, and the horse galloped towards the mouth of the valley like an arrow.

"He's not Xu Lao Liu!"

"Lu Shangqiu has run away!"

A group of bandits chased after the guy.Gong Si even rode a horse to chase after him. He opened his bow and set up an arrow, and shot in the direction where Lu and Yang fled.

The two of them heard the arrows whizzing behind them, and their hearts panicked. Yang Yuanzhen kept clamping the horse's belly, and the horse ran wildly.

There were lights not far away, and the noise of officers and soldiers.

"Xiao Qiu, bear with me a little longer, and I'll rescue you right away." Yang Yuanzhen grinned at Lu Shangqiu with a bleak smile.

Lu Shangqiu felt something hot and wet flowed onto his hands, and when he looked at it in the dim light, it turned out to be blood.

"Brother Yuan, are you injured?"

"It's just a small injury, it's okay." Yang Yuanzhen tried to comfort Lu Shangqiu, enduring the severe pain in his back.

They finally fled to the official road, and a large group of officers and soldiers who followed the mark surrounded them.The leader is Lu Suyuan's confidant, riding Cao Zheng Shize.Lu Shangqiu shouted in surprise: "Uncle Zheng!"

Zheng Shi held a torch and stood in front of the horse: "The traitor Yang Yuanzhen, release Mr. Lu immediately!"

Both of them changed their faces when they heard this.

Lu Shangqiu shouted to Zheng Shize: "Uncle Zheng, you made a mistake, Yang Yuanzhen came to save me."

Zheng Shi clasped his fists to Mr. Lu and said: "My subordinates have come to arrest the traitor Yang Yuanzhen under the order of the master. Don't let the thief confuse you, my lord."

Lu Shangqiu said anxiously: "No, no, he did come to save me, and he was injured because of me."

When everyone heard that Yang Yuanzhen was injured, they were not as afraid of him as before, and they all took a step closer.

Yang Yuanzheng smiled miserably at Lu Shangqiu: "Xiaoqiu, it's okay, as long as you are safe. You go, leave me alone..." Before finishing speaking, he fainted.

"Take down the traitor Yang Yuanzhen!"

With an order, all the soldiers surrounded and separated Lu Shangqiu and Yang Yuanzhen.Lu Shangqiu was very anxious, and watched helplessly as the soldiers put the unconscious Yang Yuanzhen in chains and took him down.

***

Lu Shangqiu fell into a coma for three days and three nights.

Many things happened in these three days.First of all, the officers and soldiers followed the marks left by Yang Yuanzhen to find the thief's valley all the way, and captured Yang Mingxi alive. Mr. Lu interrogated him in court and sentenced him to beheaded. Food.

Secondly, Gong Si was captured and gave money to the governor. The governor fled Bingzhou overnight with his belongings. He was stopped by angry crowd at the gate of the city and beaten to death.

Third, the Yang family was accused of being involved with Yang Mingxi, and both Yang Chengwu and his son Yang Yuanzhen were imprisoned, awaiting trial.

The first two events were happy events, but the third event almost made Mr. Lu pass out as soon as he woke up.

"Father, Yang Yuanzhen was wronged. He came to save me." Mr. Lu dragged his injured body and knelt before his father's case to intercede for Yang Yuanzhen. The pain in his throat had not healed, and his voice was hoarse.

Lu Suyuan looked at his son distressedly.When his son was rescued by Zheng Qicao, he was unconscious, with several scars on his back, his jawbone could not be closed, and his body was covered with bruises and traces of love. Even if Lu Suyuan beheaded a hundred Yang Mingxi, it would not be enough to kill him. This bad breath.Naturally, the anger was also transferred to Yang Yuanzheng's head.

"Think about it, if he wasn't a traitor, how could he break into Yang Mingxi's prison so smoothly without anyone noticing?"

"Brother Yuan is smart, so he can naturally think of a solution. Besides, I saw with my own eyes that he was injured himself in order to save me."

"Then how do you explain that he lured you to attend the opera, so that you were robbed by thieves and imprisoned? Who else knew that you were going to attend the opera?"

"No, it's not. I believe in Yang Yuanzhen."

Lu Fuyu enlightened his son earnestly: "The law is not merciful, it is not something you can solve just by believing." Seeing his son's reluctance, he sighed and said, "Yang Chengwu had long been anti-Tang intentions, and he and Yang Mingxi are friends." Distant relatives, even if there is no kidnapping incident today, the Holy Majesty has ordered the arrest of Yang's family."

Lu Shangqiu failed to persuade his father. He knew that treason was a death penalty, and his closest relatives were also exiled. Brother Yuan was the son of Yang Chengwu, so he could not escape death.He went back to his room and cried for a long time.

Crying again is not an option, he has a plan in mind.

***

Lu Shangqiu appeared at the gate of the Bingzhou prison.

"I am here on father's order to question the traitor Yang Yuanzhen."

"Please, Mr. Lu." The prison chief led him to Yang Yuanzhen's cell, unlocked it and left, leaving them to talk.

Yang Yuanzhen was naked and had bandages on his shoulders. He thought that the person who came was the cell leader who delivered the food, and he didn't turn his head when he heard the noise.Until Lu Shangqiu called out: "Brother Yuan."

"Xiaoqiu?" Yang Yuanzhen raised his head in surprise, "Great, you finally came to see me."

The two hugged for a long time.

Lu Shangqiu pulled his shoulders, checked him up and down, and made sure that the wounds on his body had been properly treated, so he let out a long breath.It is expected that the father will not embarrass a teenager.

"Brother Yuan, you have suffered."

"It doesn't matter, Xiaoqiu, I'm here. I can eat and drink without starving, and I don't have to go to school to get a ruler, and you can come to see me. How carefree I am."

Lu Shangqiu thought in his heart: It's a pity that Brother Yuan didn't know that he was going to be decapitated soon.He was very sad in his heart, tears were already in his eyes when he looked at Yang Yuanzhen, but he pretended to be strong on his face.

"Brother Yuan, this incident is much more serious than you and I imagined. Your father was exposed for treason and has been arrested by Emperor Gaozong. My father predicted that you were involved in the kidnapping incident. He is now angry and will never let it go Yours, you should run away." He added, "If you don't escape in time, it is not impossible for my father to take your head."

Yang Yuanzhen realized the seriousness of the situation when he heard that his father had also been arrested.

"It's such a big cell, where can I escape?"

Lu Shangqiu whispered: "I have a solution." Then he whispered something in his ear.

"What, pretending to be you?" Yang Yuanzhen couldn't help being speechless after hearing his plan.

"Shh, keep your voice down, don't disturb the prisoner. Quickly take off the prison uniform and put on my clothes."

As Lu Shangqiu spoke, he took off his coat and underwear, leaving only a pair of underwear. The 14-year-old boy has a slender body, the wound on his back has scabbed over, and traces of love are faintly visible all over his body.Seeing him taking off his clothes, Yang Yuanzhen thought of what he saw in the prison that day, and couldn't help thinking about it, his face turned red.He didn't dare to face Lu Shangqiu, but covered the whip marks on his back with his hands.Lu Shangqiu was itchy from his touch, he put aside his hand and said, "Hurry up and change into my clothes."

Lu Shangqiu changed into the prison uniform, straightened Yang Yuanzhen's clothes, straightened his hair, pulled out the white hairpin on his head, and helped him put it in a bun. "There are some silver bills hidden in this clothes for you to go on the road. When you get out, run away. The faster and farther you run, the better, lest my father find out and chase you down."

Said it was a few silver bills, but Lu Shangqiu actually gave him all the pocket money he had saved.Even so, brother Yuan suffered because of him, what else can he repay?

Yang Yuanzhen held his hand and said seriously: "Brother Qiu, take care, you must study hard in the future, become a high-ranking official in the future, and honor the ancestors of the Lu family. Don't play truant like me again."

Lu Shangqiu looked into his eyes.He and Brother Yuan are about to part, and they don't know if they can meet again in the future.He mustered up his courage, stood on tiptoe, and kissed Brother Yuan on the lips like a dragonfly.

Yang Yuanzhen was stunned, and stared at Lu Shangqiu viciously.Lu Shangqiu thought that Brother Yuan wanted to slap him because he thought he was molesting him, so he shrank his head and closed his eyes.

A pair of warm lips covered himself, and a storm of kisses hit him immediately.The young man kissed without any rules, biting Lu Shangqiu's lips following the most primitive desire.

In the end, he took another deep look at his Xiaoqiu, and left with great strides.He knew that if he looked back again, he would never be willing to leave.

Lu Shangqiu stroked the corners of his lips that were almost dripping with blood, and reluctantly watched his leaving back.

It was several hours later that the cell boss found out that the person who went out earlier was not Mr. Lu, and the real Mr. Lu passed out in the prison.

***

Along the way, I found out that Yang's father had been detained in Chang'an.Xiao Qiu's words echoed in Yang Yuanzhen's ears: "The farther you can escape, the better. I know that you will go out this time to save your father. It is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge. If you miss and are captured, the Yang family will be broken. In the future, who will find out the murderer who reported it and avenge your father?"

After all, he was still reluctant, so he went back to the Yang Mansion first.A seal was pasted on the gate of the Yang Mansion, and those whose family members were arrested were arrested, and those who escaped fled.Yang Yuanzhen quietly turned into the courtyard, only to see the empty and desolate scene in the house.

The 14-year-old boy's life has been turned upside down since then.

He suppressed tears, went back to the house and packed some belongings belonging to the young man, packed a bag, took a last look at the Yang family mansion, took a deep breath, and ran southward with lightness kung fu.

Leaving Yang's mansion, the world is so big that Yang Yuanzhen can't think of a relative who can go to him.Unknowingly, he walked to the open space to the south of the private school, and suddenly the old monk's words echoed in his ears: "Yang Yuanzhen, if you want to become a martial arts master someday, come to Songshan Shaolin Temple to find monk Xuanming."

Yang Yuanzhen smiled wryly.

***

Outside the Shaolin Temple on Mount Song.

"Master, there is a little benefactor lying outside the door, as if dehydrated." The sweeping monk reported to Elder Xuanming.

With a smile on his face, Elder Xuanming ordered: "This person has a deep connection with Buddhism, and he is a talent that can be made. Bring it in."

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Note: After Sui Wendi ascended the throne in the Sui Dynasty, he began to attach importance to Buddhism. In the early years of Kaihuang, he changed "Zhi'ao Temple" to "Shaolin Temple" and gave "Shaolin Temple" 1 hectares of land.At the end of the Sui Dynasty and the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the thirteen monks of "Shaolin Temple" were rewarded by Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty for their contribution to the Tang Dynasty.Since then, the "Shaolin Temple" has become famous all over the world, and is known as "the No. [-] temple in the world". Tang Gaozong Li Zhi and Wu Zetian often visited the Shaolin Temple and greatly added to the "Shaolin Temple". (From Wikipedia)